media archaeology lab
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past solutions for present problems since 2009 // resting on traditional territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations
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(account monitored by all lab staff)
It is still fall fundraising time!
All U.S.-based donations over $7 will receive a thank you sticker pack (including our new limited-run heart shaped one, ooooo) and U.S.-based donations over $20 will also receive a limited-run print made with our newly refurbished mimeograph.
All U.S.-based donations over $7 will receive a thank you sticker pack (including our new limited-run heart shaped one, ooooo) and U.S.-based donations over $20 will also receive a limited-run print made with our newly refurbished mimeograph.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It is still fall fundraising time!
All U.S.-based donations over $7 will receive a thank you sticker pack (including our new limited-run heart shaped one, ooooo) and U.S.-based donations over $20 will also receive a limited-run print made with our newly refurbished mimeograph.
All U.S.-based donations over $7 will receive a thank you sticker pack (including our new limited-run heart shaped one, ooooo) and U.S.-based donations over $20 will also receive a limited-run print made with our newly refurbished mimeograph.
heyyyy we have special limited edition stickers for our fall fundraiser and they're PRETTY and SEASONALLY INAPPROPRIATE for Halloween but that is OK. details for getting one are in the newsletter... mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/happy-october/
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
heyyyy we have special limited edition stickers for our fall fundraiser and they're PRETTY and SEASONALLY INAPPROPRIATE for Halloween but that is OK. details for getting one are in the newsletter... mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/happy-october/
Lightweight, portable, and reliable, the UNIS tbm de Luxe from the former Yugoslavia was the most popular typewriter in the socialist and Soviet blocs in the 1970s and 80s. Peep that Cyrillic keyboard!
This burnt-red beauty is available for you to explore in the MAL pop-up in CASE W250.
This burnt-red beauty is available for you to explore in the MAL pop-up in CASE W250.
September 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Lightweight, portable, and reliable, the UNIS tbm de Luxe from the former Yugoslavia was the most popular typewriter in the socialist and Soviet blocs in the 1970s and 80s. Peep that Cyrillic keyboard!
This burnt-red beauty is available for you to explore in the MAL pop-up in CASE W250.
This burnt-red beauty is available for you to explore in the MAL pop-up in CASE W250.
Come witness the splendor of the CompuVend Love Tester! For 25¢, you, too, can measure your passion!
The MAL pop-up is open Monday through Friday in CASE W250
The MAL pop-up is open Monday through Friday in CASE W250
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Come witness the splendor of the CompuVend Love Tester! For 25¢, you, too, can measure your passion!
The MAL pop-up is open Monday through Friday in CASE W250
The MAL pop-up is open Monday through Friday in CASE W250
Come visit the MAL pop-up in CASE W250
This exhibition showcases automata, magic lantern and pre-cinema optical toys, early A.I. experiments, spirit duplication & mimeograph, and much more - including special installations from artists Maya Buffet-Davis and Allison Radomski.
Open daily, Mon-Fri
This exhibition showcases automata, magic lantern and pre-cinema optical toys, early A.I. experiments, spirit duplication & mimeograph, and much more - including special installations from artists Maya Buffet-Davis and Allison Radomski.
Open daily, Mon-Fri
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Come visit the MAL pop-up in CASE W250
This exhibition showcases automata, magic lantern and pre-cinema optical toys, early A.I. experiments, spirit duplication & mimeograph, and much more - including special installations from artists Maya Buffet-Davis and Allison Radomski.
Open daily, Mon-Fri
This exhibition showcases automata, magic lantern and pre-cinema optical toys, early A.I. experiments, spirit duplication & mimeograph, and much more - including special installations from artists Maya Buffet-Davis and Allison Radomski.
Open daily, Mon-Fri
visiting artist Jazmyn Crosby will be performing Bug Radio tomorrow (Thursday June 26) on our wonderful and amazing campus radio station!
show goes live at 5 PM (UTC-6) at 1190 AM (Boulder), 92.9 FM (Denver) and online at 1190.radio!
show goes live at 5 PM (UTC-6) at 1190 AM (Boulder), 92.9 FM (Denver) and online at 1190.radio!
June 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
visiting artist Jazmyn Crosby will be performing Bug Radio tomorrow (Thursday June 26) on our wonderful and amazing campus radio station!
show goes live at 5 PM (UTC-6) at 1190 AM (Boulder), 92.9 FM (Denver) and online at 1190.radio!
show goes live at 5 PM (UTC-6) at 1190 AM (Boulder), 92.9 FM (Denver) and online at 1190.radio!
we are SUPER excited to be sponsoring a screening of the documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon followed by a Q&A session with one of the filmmakers!
When: Wednesday, April 9, 4PM
Where: ATLAS building on CU Boulder central campus, Room 102
When: Wednesday, April 9, 4PM
Where: ATLAS building on CU Boulder central campus, Room 102
March 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
we are SUPER excited to be sponsoring a screening of the documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon followed by a Q&A session with one of the filmmakers!
When: Wednesday, April 9, 4PM
Where: ATLAS building on CU Boulder central campus, Room 102
When: Wednesday, April 9, 4PM
Where: ATLAS building on CU Boulder central campus, Room 102
starting 3/31 we'll be hosting a weekly "low-tech lunch" meetup in the MAL pop-up space.
Mondays from 12-2pm. no stakes, just a friendly space to hang out, build other networks projects, play with tech at human scales, talk about low-tech, minimal & perma-computing, &tc.
join us if you can!
Mondays from 12-2pm. no stakes, just a friendly space to hang out, build other networks projects, play with tech at human scales, talk about low-tech, minimal & perma-computing, &tc.
join us if you can!
March 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
starting 3/31 we'll be hosting a weekly "low-tech lunch" meetup in the MAL pop-up space.
Mondays from 12-2pm. no stakes, just a friendly space to hang out, build other networks projects, play with tech at human scales, talk about low-tech, minimal & perma-computing, &tc.
join us if you can!
Mondays from 12-2pm. no stakes, just a friendly space to hang out, build other networks projects, play with tech at human scales, talk about low-tech, minimal & perma-computing, &tc.
join us if you can!
thanks to one of our lovely volunteers, our copy of the DEVO CD-ROM game Adventures of the Smart Patrol is now signed by Mark Mothersbaugh
March 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
thanks to one of our lovely volunteers, our copy of the DEVO CD-ROM game Adventures of the Smart Patrol is now signed by Mark Mothersbaugh
ok so after some repair work the HEROjr is doing stuff. some of it is a little... ominous though
March 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
ok so after some repair work the HEROjr is doing stuff. some of it is a little... ominous though
we got a new buddy
February 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
we got a new buddy
we have a new emergency phone, for emergencies
February 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
we have a new emergency phone, for emergencies
our first event is happening Friday, February 14:
Breaking up with Big Social - an Open Social skillshare. Drop in from 11 am - 1 pm and ask (or answer!) questions about alternative social media platforms.
Breaking up with Big Social - an Open Social skillshare. Drop in from 11 am - 1 pm and ask (or answer!) questions about alternative social media platforms.
February 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
our first event is happening Friday, February 14:
Breaking up with Big Social - an Open Social skillshare. Drop in from 11 am - 1 pm and ask (or answer!) questions about alternative social media platforms.
Breaking up with Big Social - an Open Social skillshare. Drop in from 11 am - 1 pm and ask (or answer!) questions about alternative social media platforms.
our Other Networks pop-up exhibition will be running throughout the Spring '25 semester in room W250 of the CASE building on the central CU Boulder campus. come by and see us during open hours, come back and see what new things we've gotten running! calendar.google.com/calendar/emb...
February 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
our Other Networks pop-up exhibition will be running throughout the Spring '25 semester in room W250 of the CASE building on the central CU Boulder campus. come by and see us during open hours, come back and see what new things we've gotten running! calendar.google.com/calendar/emb...
hullo friends: if you're in the area, come by tomorrow between 12pm and 4pm for a very chill reception for our Other Networks pop-up exhibit! We will be in CASE W250 and you can play Tetris on a Minitel, check out our videophones, or play some Echo the Dolphin #othernetworks
January 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
hullo friends: if you're in the area, come by tomorrow between 12pm and 4pm for a very chill reception for our Other Networks pop-up exhibit! We will be in CASE W250 and you can play Tetris on a Minitel, check out our videophones, or play some Echo the Dolphin #othernetworks
and our own punch card wreath (contemporary with the book) is up for the winter break - 50+ years old and not in too bad of shape, though the lights need re-strung...
December 19, 2024 at 6:50 PM
and our own punch card wreath (contemporary with the book) is up for the winter break - 50+ years old and not in too bad of shape, though the lights need re-strung...
just in case you've got an excess of punch cards and a lack of Christmas decor...
December 19, 2024 at 6:49 PM
just in case you've got an excess of punch cards and a lack of Christmas decor...
today in accessioning:
December 12, 2024 at 7:51 PM
today in accessioning:
not everything is terrible - take this 19th century mechanical kaléidoscope for instance that just arrived! what a beauty.
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
not everything is terrible - take this 19th century mechanical kaléidoscope for instance that just arrived! what a beauty.
today on MALtv
November 25, 2024 at 6:36 PM
today on MALtv
we're here to meet all your pseudoscientific needs
November 11, 2024 at 9:42 PM
we're here to meet all your pseudoscientific needs
just a weekend reminder: artist talk by Phil Peters and David Rueter on their "Barbed Wire Fence Telephone II" installation Tuesday 12pm MT / UTC-6 in person in CASE W250 on the CU Boulder campus or tune into our twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/mediaarchaeo... love live #othernetworks!
August 31, 2024 at 7:13 PM
just a weekend reminder: artist talk by Phil Peters and David Rueter on their "Barbed Wire Fence Telephone II" installation Tuesday 12pm MT / UTC-6 in person in CASE W250 on the CU Boulder campus or tune into our twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/mediaarchaeo... love live #othernetworks!
This is a hybrid event! If you're in Boulder you can join us on the CU campus in the CASE building, room W250. Or you can tune in virtually - we'll be streaming to our twitch channel, or you can email mediaarchaeology@colorado.edu for the zoom details.
August 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
This is a hybrid event! If you're in Boulder you can join us on the CU campus in the CASE building, room W250. Or you can tune in virtually - we'll be streaming to our twitch channel, or you can email mediaarchaeology@colorado.edu for the zoom details.
Hi! If you live in the Boulder/Denver area, stop by CASE W250 (on campus) from 12-1pm this Friday for a hands-on demo of a functioning barbed wire fence phone! More on our website & details on all the events we have planned in the poster below #othernetworks othernetworks.net/2024/08/02/b...
August 26, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Hi! If you live in the Boulder/Denver area, stop by CASE W250 (on campus) from 12-1pm this Friday for a hands-on demo of a functioning barbed wire fence phone! More on our website & details on all the events we have planned in the poster below #othernetworks othernetworks.net/2024/08/02/b...
mark your calendars for a month of in-person and online events celebrating the installation of Phil Peters' and David Reuter's working "Barbed Wire Fence Phone II" in CASE W250 on the CU Boulder campus! 1/3
August 12, 2024 at 5:40 PM
mark your calendars for a month of in-person and online events celebrating the installation of Phil Peters' and David Reuter's working "Barbed Wire Fence Phone II" in CASE W250 on the CU Boulder campus! 1/3